Boscastle disaster drives flood defence

摘要

Following catastrophic flooding in Boscastle, Cornwall, three years ago, a substantial scheme of improvements is being implemented. It is believed that a conse-quence of climate change will be more extreme weather events. And the Boscastle flood on August 16,2004, would certainly fall into that category. Rainfall levels up to 200.4mm in one day were measured close to the Cornish village on the day of the flood - the 1 lth highest recorded daily rainfall in the UK since widespread records began in the early 1860s.